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package org.elasticsearch.hadoop.serialization.bulk;

import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.util.BytesRef;


/**
 * Bulk command to execute.
 */
public interface BulkCommand {

    /**
     * Serialized the given object as a {@link BytesRef}.
     * Note that the {@link BytesRef} is not guaranteed to be unique - in fact,
     * expect the same instance to be reused by multiple calls.
     * In other words, make a copy if you need to hang on to this object.
     *
     * @param object
     * @return
     */
    BytesRef write(Object object);
}
